A bushwalk and a stick of gum

Today I woke as per usual, I decided i didnt want to drive so my bosses took both cars today... and come 1230 pm I was bored... ok there's only so many hours of TV you can watch... No your eyes dont go square... But your brain gets fried... ad in true american style i was turning into a couch potato, the only thing that might experience any development would be my butt!! So I got motivated and walked to the shops... I mean sure, I brought chocolate there, but hey it was a long walk and the chocolate brand was lindt... any girls will know that lindt is like -wow- and they have terrible chocolate (and all other food) so to find chocolate thats been imported over here and has the real lindt brand on it was so noice! Anyway, I got out in the grey and prayed that it wouldnt rain on me (thank you Lord, no rain on me!!) and I started walking. I found this beautiful trail with a little stream and all. It was quite a long walk, but beautiful. Anyway I got to the shops, brought a few bits ad pieces, and I got some gum. It was fatter than your average pack of gum so I was thinking there was double the gum pieces... but no, only fifteen pieces. So i eagerly opened my purchase and alas! I saw fifteen STICKS of gum! For a grand 2 weeks I have been under the illusion that chewing gum would be one thing of familiarity in this mad american world. I HAVE BEEN DECIEVED! I thought I would give the gum a chance, pulled a stick of gum out and realized they were individually wrapped, not just with that thin paper as used by the australian 'wrigglys extra' gum, but like the whole outside warpping re-wrapped around each stick of gum... and THEN within that extra wrapper there was the thin paper wrapping. 'How clean, sanitary, and considerate of the gum people to put so much effort into wrapping their gum...this gum must be really good' and I put it in my mouth... It tastes exactlythe same as the gum in australia. It seems that while each individual stickof gum differs in package and sise, the same minty flavour still exists... ahhh the familiar things are often the best things!

What a rollercoatser ride of emotions and expectations!!